Strong's Number H1806

דְּלָיָה

D@layah · del-aw-yaw'

Transliteration:

D@layah{del-aw-yaw'}or (prolonged) D@layahhuw{del-aw-yaw'-hoo}

Word Origin:

from 1802 and 3050

Part of Speech:

proper name masculine

Strong's Definition:

Delajah, the name of five Israelites

Usage in the KJV:

Delaiah 6, Dalaiah 1

Total: 7
Occurs 7 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"

a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course
a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim
the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel
a descendant of Zerubbabel
the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah